Orla Comerford
Orla Comerford is an Irish Paralympic athlete who competes in sprinting events at the international level. She has Stargardt's disease, which is an inherited retinal disease. Its main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses.
Comerford won a bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint in the T13 classification at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
Career
2016 Paralympics
At the age of 19, Comerford competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, running in the T13 100m. She finished 8th, qualifying for the final.2018
At the 2018 European Para Championships in Berlin, she won two bronze medals, in the 200m and 100m events.2020 Paralympics
Comerford finished 13th at the delayed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.2023
Comerford finished 4th at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.2024 Paralympics
Comerford won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.2025
She won the 60m Mixed Classification race at the 2025 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn.She set a new 200m personal best of 24.61 at the 2025 Para athletics Paris Grand Prix, a week later she won at the Bislett Games in Oslo at the Oslo Diamond League, posting a new personal best of 11.87.